When using the "Donate" button
below, donations will go to my personal PayPal account, not tax
deductible. But be assured that every penny goes for the animals. On my
web page that I prepare after each clinic, I give a complete accounting of
income and expenses.

Here in the highlands of
Panamá, in March of 2006 I and a few helpful volunteers began a mission to end the suffering of dogs
and cats - often homeless, starving, and diseased - and to help educate people
that their pets have feelings and need love, proper food, shelter, and water. We
primarily provide low-cost spaying and neutering to the less advantaged
Panamanians. I request $25 per dog and $15 per cat (currently my actual cost) but no
one is turned away for inability to pay. The requested donation includes injections
for the anesthesia, for pain, inflammation, anti-parasite, a long-lasting antibiotic,
vitamin B-12, and treatment for fleas and ticks - plus a small payment
to our excellent veterinarian. Thanks to his kind heart and dedication
to the animals, he works very hard at our clinics for much less than
what he earns in his busy private practice.

In
addition to the overpopulation problem, venereal
disease is rampant in both male and female dogs in Panamá. It is
eventually fatal to both males and females. It is spread every time an infected male or female
has sex. You usually won't know if your male or female dog
has the disease until it reaches the advanced stage. At advanced stages, if
you are paying close attention, you may notice some
bleeding from the vagina of a female dog (which may be misinterpreted
as being in heat)...or bleeding from the male dog's penis. The tumors can be surgically removed
but
can be done successfully only by a SKILLED vet like Dr. Andres Tello from Costa
Rica who operates at our clinics.

Please keep
in mind: In 7 years a
female cat and her off springs can be the source of 420,000 kittens.
In 6 years a female dog and her off springs can be the source of 67,000
puppies. Unless your dog/cat is totally confined and unable to
continue the population increase (AND the spread of venereal disease),
please do the humane thing of having them sterilized!

For the health and safety of your
dog/cat, however, have the sterilization performed by a competent
vet who is experienced in early sterilization (eight weeks of age and
up) and small-incision surgeries, and one who closes with stainless steel sutures....like Dr. Tello,
who we are so fortunate to have operate at our clinics. (I do not trust
care of my dogs to ANYONE except Dr. Tello. If any of my dogs has a problem that I
and my employee can't solve ourselves, I call Dr. Tello and arrange to
meet him with my dog at the border of Panama/Costa Rica.) I also arrange
to take injured dogs to him that I find in the street.

We
now hold our clinics once a month in Volcán, except for December. Please contact me for the dates
of future sterilization clinics....and please donate. Except for our
veterinarian - whom I pay pittance, really - neither I nor anyone else
connected with the clinics receives any pay or financial benefit. I rent
the building where we hold the clinics, and I buy all the anesthesia,
medications, instruments, supplies, and equipment. I have no offices, no
salaries, no advertising, no overhead. Every penny goes for the animals.
This
is a project from my heart, and I pay the deficits from my own
pocket.